Art by Franz Cleyn from "Publii Virgilii Maronis" London: Thomas Roycroft, 1658. Engraved by W. Hollar, W. Faithorne, & P. Lombart.
The complete title in Latin is: "Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera per Johannem Ogilvium edita et sculpturis aeneis adornata," which, roughly translated, means "Virgil's Works by John Ogilby issued and adorned with copper engravings."
John Ogilby (1600 – 1676) produced the first outstanding translation of Virgil in England and this folio edition of Virgil’s works is based on one of Ogilby’s earliest translations. Ogilby, a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer, is best known for publishing the first British road atlas. His career as a translator began in 1649 with a version of Virgil. An Aesop followed two years later, then more Virgil (1654 and 1658), the Iliad (1660), and the Odyssey (1665).
Thomas Roycroft, printer and publisher in England from about 1650 - 1690, was known for very beautiful books. His books are now sought after by book lovers and collectors around the world. The splendid illustrated folio edition of Virgil’s Works contains numerous fine full page copper-plate engravings and a double page map. The engravings are based upon the elaborate designs of German artist Franz Cleyn (1590? – 1658) and are a high point in seventeenth-century book illustration in England. According to many bibliophiles, this edition is “a true landmark in Virgil iconography and in the history of English book illustration.”
Art by Franz Cleyn from "Publii Virgilii Maronis" London: Thomas Roycroft, 1658. Engraved by W. Hollar, W. Faithorne, & P. Lombart.
The complete title in Latin is: "Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera per Johannem Ogilvium edita et sculpturis aeneis adornata," which, roughly translated, means "Virgil's Works by John Ogilby issued and adorned with copper engravings."
John Ogilby (1600 – 1676) produced the first outstanding translation of Virgil in England and this folio edition of Virgil’s works is based on one of Ogilby’s earliest translations. Ogilby, a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer, is best known for publishing the first British road atlas. His career as a translator began in 1649 with a version of Virgil. An Aesop followed two years later, then more Virgil (1654 and 1658), the Iliad (1660), and the Odyssey (1665).
Thomas Roycroft, printer and publisher in England from about 1650 - 1690, was known for very beautiful books. His books are now sought after by book lovers and collectors around the world. The splendid illustrated folio edition of Virgil’s Works contains numerous fine full page copper-plate engravings and a double page map. The engravings are based upon the elaborate designs of German artist Franz Cleyn (1590? – 1658) and are a high point in seventeenth-century book illustration in England. According to many bibliophiles, this edition is “a true landmark in Virgil iconography and in the history of English book illustration.”